GEO380.18 Intro. to the Study of the Relationship Between Poverty, Social Exclusion & Sustainable Development

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course studies poverty as a socio-spatial phenomenon and its relation to issues such as social exclusion and sustainable development. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are used to study the topic at hand from a contemporary and interdisciplinary point of view, integrating social exclusion, segregation, vulnerability, inequality, welfare and human capital. (GEO 2915)

Taught in Spanish at the Universidad de Chile and may not be offered every semester. This course starts by making an introduction to the issues, approaches and methodologies used in economic geography, then reviews in more detail some of the most important issues, mainly from the perspective of political economy, but realizing the differences with other possible approaches. Among the topics studied include Globalization and its Impact on Economic Activity, Uneven Economic Development and its Causes, and The Importance of Location to Define Economic Activities.

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course introduces the student to the concepts and language of geodemographics in order to understand the phenomena of population distribution and concentration due to socioeconomic and cultural processes. We discuss the consequences of great demographics problems, such as the evolution of demographics, social and economic imbalances, and migrations. The course also provides knowledge and exercise of key demographic indicators, analysis sources and representation through graphs and thematic maps. (UC code: GEO 2003)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. The course focuses on the analysis and explanation of rural landscapes as a result of natural, cultural, historical and economic elements and factors that account for their operation and structure. We will study and analyze the restructuring of rural areas as a result of globalization and the impact generated by social and economic problems in land use. (UC code: GEO 2011)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. In this course we analyze the structural changes experienced by geocultures from the last century. We will study different cultural spaces through the main global actors and also the regional and local actors. Prerequisite: world geography course. (UC code: GEO 2001)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course will help students to understand the spatial aspects of productive activity and how economic events are related to the intervention of men as transforming agents and to geographic spaces which may facilitate or impede the developments of human activity. Prerequisite: introductory economics course. (UC code: GEO 2012)

Taught in Spanish at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica and may not be offered every semester. This course provides an overview of Latin America, much of its geographical location and its natural environment with its contrasts. We will analyze the evolution of the population, economic development, and finally the process of integration (UC code: GEO 2900)

The course provides a theoretical framework for the study of the environment and sustainable development. It also provides methodological tools for the integrated study of the environment and sustainable development (e.g. environmental inventory, ecological planning, territorial indicators of sustainability, human development index, pressure-state-response indicator, and etcetera.) El curso provee un marco teórico para facilitar el estudio del ambiente y el desarrollo sostenible. También se proveerán instrumentos metodológicos para un estudio integrado del ambiente y del desarrollo sostenible (e.g., inventario ambiental, planificación ecológica, indicadores territoriales de la sostenibilidad, índice del desarrollo humano, indicador de presión-estado-reacción, etc.) Class taught at Pontificia Universidad Católica and may not be available every semester.